Re: PB-DOS in Win XP? Not for me.\!

In article <2i04d2p0dt64tpro3qmbcag3gmd6ufc32k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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mathedman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> On 3 Aug 2006 06:05:58 -0700, "Martin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <mwhittaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>   I have XP Pro with 1 GB Ram. BUT, it's a laptop with no parallel
> ****t so, as I've found out, with no help here, that PB Dos 3.2
> has no capability to print to a USB printer --LPRINT command
> prints only to LPT ****t requiring a parallel ****t rinter.
>   I've heard that Ver. 3.5 has added a USB print command in
> addition to the LPRINT command.
> 
If you want to redirect an LPT (real or virtual) to a USB printer you 
have to use a round about method.
1) Make sure you have the XP networking configured
  If you can connect  to the net you are probably good to go
2) Make sure printer is connected and working.
3) Share that printer using an easy to remember name like "lprinter"
4) In your command prompt window BEFORE you start your PB-DOS program
   type in the following (or better yet add it to a startup batch file):

(This is suppose to be one line)
net use LPT1: \\<your computers net name>\<printer shared name>   
/persistent:yes

where <your computers net name> is the name found under my 
computer/computer name

<printer shared name> is the easy to remember name you shared the USB 
printer with

That will cause the network layer of XP to translate between a virtual 
LPT1 and a real USB printer.